linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v0 0/3] Simple wait queue support

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Date:	Fri, 7 Aug 2015 07:29:54 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...-carit.de>,
	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bigeasy@...utronix.de, tglx@...utronix.de,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v0 0/3] Simple wait queue support

On Fri, 7 Aug 2015 11:25:41 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:


> > For cwait? That's the complex wait queue (what the current wait queues
> > will be called in the future).
> 
> Urgh, I don't think we should go rename that.. that's going to be lots
> of pain for no to little gain.

I thought we decided that we would have the end result be that the
default be the simple wait queue, and those that need more complexity,
would have a complex wait queue, as IIRC, the simple wait queue can
replace the majority of the existing wait queues.

-- Steve
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